Wu T Robert, Chong J Michael
Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1.
J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Aug 2;128(30):9646-7. doi: 10.1021/ja0636791.
Treatment of cyclic imines with 3,3'-disubstituted binaphthol modified allylboronates provides the expected allylated products in good yields and with high stereoselectivities (91-99% ee). The products may be readily transformed into various alkaloids.